The packaging and narrow web/label fields are two of the strongest markets for printing. By contrast, publication printing has been on the decline in recent years, and will likely continue to do so.

With more than $1.1 billion in sales in 2014, Siegwerk Druckfarben is the world’s fifth-largest ink manufacturer. Its ink operations are almost solely set in the packaging field, which is a pretty good place to be right now. Up until recently, Siegwerk had some publication ink sales in web offset and gravure.

In 2016, much has changed for Siegwerk, as three moves signal the company’s plans to focus on growth markets. The first move came in February, when Flint Group agreed to purchase Siegwerk’s web offset business. Completion is still subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.

For Flint Group, which has a major presen

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